2020-2021
February 23, 2021
General David Berger
Commandant of the Marine Corps
“Force Design 2030 and the Marine Corps’ Integrated Role in an Era of Peer Competition.”
October 26, 2020
Lt. General Liqori
Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis, United States Space Force
“US Space Force: Vital Security Interests and Future Implications.”
November 18, 2020
U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin
Michigan’s 8th Congressional District
“U.S. National Security Priorities for Congress.”
April 26, 2021
Ms. Maria Langan-Riekhof
Director of the Strategic Futures Group at the National Intelligence Council
Mr. Andrew Loomis, Director of Ideas and Identities in the Strategic Futures Group in the National Intelligence Council
Martin Swartz, Acting Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council
“Global Trends 2040: Report from the National Intelligence Council.”
April 13, 2021
Mr. Ylli Bajraktari
Executive Director, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
“Developing a U.S. Strategic Approach to Artificial Intelligence.”
September 23, 2020
Rear Admiral Gour-Lavie
Former Head of Naval Operations, Former Commander of Submarine Flotilla for Israel.
“Israel’s Maritime Strategy.”
October 20, 2020
Dr. Maria Stephan
Author, Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict.
“The Efficacy of Civil Resistance in History and the Dynamics of Waging Nonviolent Conflict in Today’s Security Environment.”
March 18, 2021
Mr. Clint Watts
Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute
“Insights and Lessons Learned on Foreign Influence in the U.S. 2020 Elections.”
April 21, 2021
Ambassador Kurt Volker
Former US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations and US Ambassador to NATO
“Eurasia and the West: Engage or Engage?”
March 9, 2021
Dr. J.M. Berger
Author, Extremism; ISIS: The State of Terror and Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam
“U.S. Domestic Extremism: Ideologies and Developments in 2021”